I got pulled over one time, and was asked to go through a series of soberity tests...one of them having to say the alphabet backwards. I laughed in his face & said sober or not, that there is no way I can do that without stumbling. I asked him to do it - which he didn't. He's like "fine" & had me do something else.

dumb dumb test. I can't even start in the middle of it & go forward unless I sing the song from the beginning in my head.

ps- I didn't get a ticket and was let go

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Post subject: Re: How hard do you find it to say the alphabet backwards?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:28 am

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I learned a backwards alphabet song when I was little. It has the same tune as the regular alphabet song (which is also the same tune as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!) So I can do the backwards alphabet almost as easily as forwards.

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I learned a backwards alphabet song when I was little. It has the same tune as the regular alphabet song (which is also the same tune as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!) So I can do the backwards alphabet almost as easily as forwards.

Same. In middle school my friend and I spent a week of science class teaching ourselves the backwards alphabet, and even went so far as to add "me with sing you won't time next, abc's our know we now" at the end.

Post subject: Re: How hard do you find it to say the alphabet backwards?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:37 am

Chard Martyr

Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:49 pmPosts: 9636Location: SW Desert, USA

choirqueer wrote:

I learned a backwards alphabet song when I was little. It has the same tune as the regular alphabet song (which is also the same tune as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!) So I can do the backwards alphabet almost as easily as forwards.

Ooh I wish I learned that! It would make me feel awesome if I could recite the alphabet backwards!

Like WhiskersGal, I can't do it and good for you for telling the police officer that- that's ridiculous!

Post subject: Re: How hard do you find it to say the alphabet backwards?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:23 am

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I can do it pretty easily. I used to practice just for fun.

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I have never successfully done it without giving up because it's too hard.

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